War on Want fights the root causes of poverty and human rights violations, as part of the worldwide movement for global justice.
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‼️NEW briefing
Our new research reveals injustice at the heart of football.
9⃣ @premierleague football clubs are sponsored by corporations that are involved in Israel’s apartheid and genocide of the Palestinian people.
Read the full briefing: waronwant.org/resources/red-…
Industrial food systems cause trillions of dollars in damage every year.
Yet these costs rarely appear on corporate balance sheets. Instead, people and planet are left to bear the burden.
This must end. Take action: bit.ly/4ssZT1Z
Our energy bills are skyrocketing. The UK government must act – but the new budget won’t make a real difference.
Funding a just transition away from fossil fuels towards renewable energy and fairer societies would bring down bills - but that's not what the government is doing.
The sums in the new budget reveal that it may approve Rosebank – the UK’s largest undeveloped oil field.
But Rosebank won't lower UK energy bills or protect the UK from changing fossil fuel prices because most of Rosebank's oil is expected to be sold on the international market.
Inequality is rising, where is the burden falling?
The super-rich are getting richer while the rest of us deal with rising prices and struggling public services.
Burnham’s government is ultimately still failing people and planet.
In the face of intersecting crises, the UK government has to make bold choices to achieve radical change at home and abroad.
Demand action now: waronwant.org/get-involved/t…
Our food system runs on fossil fuels.
From synthetic fertilisers and pesticides to long-distance supply chains, it depends on oil and gas.
And the UK government is still subsidising the very industries driving this dependence.
This must end. Act now: bit.ly/4ssZT1Z
⚽️@premierleague clubs are taking sponsorship from corporations complicit in Israel's apartheid and genocide of Palestinians.
We shouldn't have to choose between loving our clubs and standing with Palestinians.
Tell your club to drop complicit sponsors: secure.waronwant.org/page/19…
BREAKING: The UK government has approved the Jackdaw gas field, bowing to pressure from the oil & gas industry despite urgent climate warnings.
The future of the Rosebank oil field is still undecided, we must do everything to #StopRosebank.
Take action: secure.waronwant.org/page/19…
In the UK, we grow just 16% of our tomatoes.
We rely on countries like Morocco to stock our shelves – but workers there face poverty wages and unsafe conditions, while corporations and supermarkets profit.
This must end: we need a food system that puts people and planet first.
Yesterday, we gathered on Westminster Bridge to send one clear message: end ISDS now.
ISDS is a cause in trade deals that lets corporations sue governments in secret ‘corporate courts’ over policies that threaten their profits.
The UK must walk away from ISDS once and for all.
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Today marks the start of the ISDS Global Days of Action ✊🏽🌍⛓️💥 ISDS allows corporations to hold us to ransom. It undermines democracy, threatens human rights and blocks climate action.
But we can win an ISDS free world together: stopisds.global/en/
#ISDSDaysOfAction
ISDS lets corporations sue governments over policies that threaten profits – even when they protect people and the planet.
From outside UK parliament, together with @friends_earth @GlobalJusticeUK and @TradeJusticeMov we're sending the government one clear message: end ISDS now.
War on Want retweeted
TOMORROW! Join us ✊🏾
ISDS is a clause in trade deals that lets corporations sue countries in secret 'corporate courts' over policies that threaten their profits – even when they protect people and planet.
Join us on 15 October outside UK parliament to demand an end to ISDS:
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⚠️ Synthetic fertilisers and pesticides pollute our water and air, harming our health.
Made using fossil fuels, they drive up food prices and divert attention from real alternatives to industrial agriculture.
This #GlobalFertilizerDay, read our article:
waronwant.org/news-analysis/…
Three years of Israel's genocide of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. One year of so-called 'ceasefire'.
Israel must be held to account.
We marched in London today with 250,000 others, all standing in solidarity with Palestinians – and demanding action from the UK government.